Active Raid Episode 6 is a beautiful  love letter to the mecha genre

Active Raid has been quite underdog of this season.It has vibes of a Power Ranger-esque /Sentai show with touches of bureaucratic red tape comedy of Dai-Guard and wacky  police hijinks of Dominion Tank Police.ust like the  team itself has bad-publicity despite their efforts in the story,same thing is going on with the anime in the anime fandom/community.Talk about being meta.

While previous episodes have been okay so far,episode six was entirely on different level.

Episode begins with the reveal that Funasaka Yasuharu ,the senior member of the unit is a fan of mecha.Plot of the episode centered around two giant robots Drew and Morgan developed by passionate group of enginner and scientist under leadership of Prof.Kasumigaseki  ,which are now show pieces in a theme park.

Episode deals with  things fans of the genre usually discuss .Whether be dreams of piloting a giant robot or about challenges to make an actual one.These days one can feel that giant robot or mecha genre is losing the charm it had\back in the decade of 70s and 80s .Episode also  talks  about the declining appeal of the giant robots.In-universe back-story  is although mechs were considered to work in dangerous situation,the environmental degradation leading to quick sand phenomenon in Tokyo and later development of more modular power suits "the willwears" eventually made giant robots obsolete.Kinda like how Power armors are considered to be closest thing will be under common use since under broad spectrum of mecha genre,power armors are considered mech too.)
It reminds us that how reality could be cruel sometime,and in case of  mecha fans  time to time they  are bombarded with remarks that the whole thing is stupid and economically a waste of time if someone even thinks to make one,or troll threads telling them that whether they realize that the idea of giant robot is stupid or not.

Back in the story,it definitely feels like punch in the gut for the team behind Drew and Morgan who dedicated their  entire life to fulfill their passion to make giant robot a reality. Some move on,while other remain disgruntled with this.One of them is the pilot who was supposed to pilot Morgan,Shimura Makoto ,who later became pawn of LOGOS, the central villain group and foil of Active Unit 8 and with their usual modus operandi  equip him with will wear which releases waves that makes one fall asleep and assist him stealing Morgan ,leading to rampage in the city.As willwear operatives fail due to this gimmick, it is now upto a giant robot to save the day!

As a mecha fan ,one will easily feel it hitting home. One can easily feel to be in their shoe , where 15-20 years down the line fans will feel nostalgic of genre and their dream to see on getting realized and to pilot on.One cannot help but feel really emotional during the episode,especially when they talk about how mecah became a thing of past.

Interesting aspect of the show was how it the common trope of rival pilot is played here.Funasaka,pilot of Drew represents the good aspects of a passionate person who will not let his frustration  to cause harm and destruction,but also deals with the facts and realities. Shimura,pilot of Morgan represents the bad aspect of a passionate person who let his frustration got better him while not coming up with terms with reality.,which ultimately causes him to do evil with the very passion he had cherished,while Funasaka channels his passion to save innocent bystanders.  All of this shown through an exiting battle of Giant robot fight,which  after a bombastic punch suddenly turns from CGI to 2D,yet another homage to the hay days of the genre when animation was predominately 2D.

Feels like Obari style,right? ANN confirms that Masami Obari indeed did the key animation in this episode,and one can guess which one.

Overall,this episode was really the best in the series and the most memorable one in this season for me. It is is filled with moments which can make you laugh,melancholic or even make you cheer just like Asami (the MC)did despite not being a fan of giant robot. At the end,all I can say is to give this series a try,just for this episode.

Last episode of "Straight Title Robot Anime" is not what I expected

Disclaimer - Contains Spoilers.Proceed if you have completed it  

Straight Title Robot anime is a short title of 12 episodes ,each episode of duration of 13 minutes.

The basic format of almost every episodes - It opens with a very bombastic opening with various  mecha fighting each other with a hot blooded theme song.After the intro, the narrator tells us that it been years after humanity has gone extinct and robots created for combat have been fighting an endless war,while a text scroll informs the viewer that this anime is for those who enjoy seeing cute robots while they do some inoffensive investigation. In a barren landscape with a few ruins of damaged skyscrapers in background , we see three "female" robots  namely Katou - the librarian robot ,Fujii- the maid robot and Mori-the industrial Robot are pondering on ways to stop the war.

 They believe that solution lies in learning something humans used to do -  laughter. Usually various aspect and genre of comedy is touched here which is already  stored in their database along with reference to Japanese comedians( whom I don't know ) as they try to comprehend and re-enact it.Then they go to one of biggest simulation room and simulate various "comedic effects" on the world, which results in many odd things happening the opening intro. They they randomly choose shops or services of humans,and try to make sense out of various articles in their own way.At the end after the ending song follows next episode preview featuring parodies of various mecha anime next episode preview parody art  and catch phrase being cut short.

For 11 episodes it follows the same routine with variation here and there.The only interesting part  consistently throughout the series was the weird simulation they run.Otherwise most of the time it is these 3 robots just talking to each other and doing prop comedy. Sometime they are meh, sometime funny and sometime they are just  a chore to watch. As you progress though the episodes,you start to get the pattern and character quarks which  becomes quite enjoyable near the end. Time to time,narrator passes remarks on their activities,their conclusions to tough subject of comedy and their character.

And then came the last episode.Without the intro,they continue their daily routine as usual,until Kotou calls out the narrator this time. Later it is revealed that Narrator was a robot all along ,watching them from a distance. And he also laugh,which Fujii the maid robot notices soon.Then it was revealed the narrator robot was actually assistant to last Human researcher who was trying to program human emotion,specially laughing to robots. The big simulation room and database were actually his lab,where he was doing his research. He came there to help the trio after their appeal over a radio broadcast. Then the narrator robot proceeds to gives them a floopy disk that had laughter program. 

When asked what he defines laughter is, he answers, "Laughter is being able to have freedom from law and enjoying it at any moment" . They run the program in the simulator and what they witness is all robots just shut down. To the trio's astonishment Narrator robot knows the flaw in the program. Reminding them of his definition of laughter , he points out that robots who had been hardwired to follow orders programmed in them  shut down after conflicts and contradiction arises from the program that forces them to commit the act of laugh. He bids farewell and  shut downs ,leaving the fate of robots in the trio's hand.

After witnessing that they were right being laughter stopping the war but not in the way they intended,Kotou and Mori decide that Fujii should take the  decision whether  to upload the program to every robot or let the things be as usual,since she was created to be closer to humans.Fujii declares that she r actually never served any human,Kotou convinces her to think the program being work of his master. After a thought, Fujii who has been the "butt-monkey" for the sketch routine in previous episodes, says,

"God created Humans which were incomplete .Humans created Robots which are more incomplete.

Let a new life be born on earth,that is neither human,nor robot".

Thus,Fujii uploads the program.For a brief moment,Trio experience laughter and one by one shut down with Fujii being last.Ending sequence now shows us robots which are now turned off,lying among the ruins.

For a short series that remained pretty bland and lighthearted till penultimate episode,last episode was just punch in the guts. It was unexpected and very sad ending.Considering how silly it was most of the time ,last episode turned out to be very heavy in terms of themes and emotions. But then considering the subject,who knows it is what the creators were aiming for at the end.

Wish I had born in Space Age,so I could became an astroknight

Desiring to born during a time when space travel is new age of exploration where one goes to the final frontiers and conquering it as one sees,is a dream that majority of this world has.It has been inspiration of science fiction from days of pulp magazine to the modern fiction based on hard scientific understanding and realistic engineering. Of course there will be always talks and speculation for mining on space,given that as a biological machine ,mankind must feed itself in order to keep oneself going on till passing the torch to the next generation.

But why an  "asntroknight" ? What does it mean.

It is inevitable that future wars will be for space, and it's openness ripe for pirate raids(if they can afford to do it or just plant some bots). Greed will always undermine the hindsight and jeopardize everything for the future generations. Hence,here arrives the "Astroknights". These are the brave soldiers of mankind who will make sure that the sanctity of space travel shall not be violated , the journey to the final frontier would be open for all  and baby steps away from the cradle is not screwed up which may consequently  creates enmity for the generations to comeIt would be repeating the same mistakes that happened due to lack of global connectivity. This cannot excused in space age.

Now you might ask,What "sanctity of space " means? Well, mankind has struggled a lot and traveled a journey of billion years to reach this point.Space is an empty place with celestial bodies divided by huge distances.This is where humanity must recognize the fact that there is big mission lies ahead of it that rises above the trouble mankind suffers due to it's hubris,as history has shown. Hence ,in order to attain maturity as a species,it is necessary to set noble goals to guide it's way,and space should be the noble goal at the end of this era and beginning for the new.
 

We are already living in a cyberpunk with significant progress in prosthetic organs. Sooner or later other science fiction speculation may happen,as it had been in last 50-60 years. Who knows what crazy occurrence  we going to witness!

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This post is not only presents one of my most idealistic,childish of dreams but also the most immature of all.

Chivalrous knight in space? It is the most cliched thing I could ever come up."Sanctity of Space" is perhaps the most elaborate bullshit I have ever written on internet.

May be it spawned from my desires to go back and to prevent small things becoming huge problems later.May be it is just an escapist thought of mine who just wants a break from a reality where the author of these words you,my beloved reader is reading has never achieved anything of worth.May be it is my deepest desire to be revered in history as a great man.

The answer is, all of the above.Well, my dear reader,I have other dreams too that once came to my mind.Some remained in the records gathering  dust while others are  forgotten forever.This blog is just an attempt for those thoughts to see the light of the day,so that I have one regret less to ponder upon.

Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans- impressions so far

Note-may contain spoilers

Eighteen episodes  have aired so far as of writing this blog.After setting the premise and the world in initial episodes and a very exiting battle in space with their now allies the turbines, the ship of harem, things don't induce  that adrenaline rush in later episodes. Execution of dramatic scenes feel mundane ,with most recent being the obvious reveal of the person behind a very comical  "Char Mask" .The QUALITY i.e. badly drawn frames are becoming more noticeable with each passing episode, although I will give a pass for that considering the back breaking work animators do in Japan.

 This kind of  reminds me of Tytania. Exciting start and buildup,they squandered around after half of the series is complete, one character dying for drama, suddenly things getting heated up and suddenly ends when it felt that something is finally about to begin. Whole story feels like a prologue to even bigger story  at the end. So far there seems no possibility of a season 2.At least there are rumors for a second season in IBO's case.

Another problem is the central character - Kudelia Aina Berstein 

She is supposed to be politician who is supposed to be well versed in the issues she is going to raise on her political mission to earth,yet she gets lectured on by Mikazuki- a child soldier working in a private military firm in the corn-filed episode on the hardships of an average Martian farmer. She is supposed to be aware of hardship orphans in the streets of Mars from an early age since she is interested to know more and more(motto motto , that was quite irritating) yet she feels guilty after  seeing Tekkadan's child members' hardship for not having any knowledge about it because she lives in a glass castle. Then we have been seeing each episode for her "having her resolve strengthened" again and again,which makes you wonder how come she came up with the idea of this dangerous journey  from Mars to Earth and have been well known figure in the freedom movement due to her activities (like that speech that everyone talked about that put the limelight on her ) .

As of this writing, it is possible that they will finally reach earth,with 5-6 episodes remaining.I cannot predict much,but let see how it concludes.Whether it is a prelude to a second season or a rushed curtain fall.

The mixed bag of  Votoms OVAs

Disclaimer-There will be spoilers for the entire Votoms anime. Proceed if you have seen everything.

Armored Trooper VOTOMS  is one of my favorite mech tv series anime. Discarding common tropes like a main character MECHA with a teenager or child protagonist who has no prior experience of piloting a mecha at the beginning, Votoms features a veteran who pilots the mass produced grunt suits (which gets destroyed most of his endeavors). VOTOMS (Vertical One-man Tank for Offense & ManeuverS) are just glorified tanks and few meter all in height, giving us a "tank " approach to mecha compared to Gundam's "fighter jets operating on a plane carrier" approach in real robot sub-genre. Along with a gritty,dirty and industrial universe which features a war torn galaxy, it was quite unique in it's days. However here I am going to talk about the OVAs that were produced after the end of tv series.

Votoms OVAs can be classified into 3 categories - Prequel, Sequels and Side stories.

1)Prequel OVAs(Last Red Shoulder,Roots of Ambition, Pailsen Files)

These OVAs are pretty stellar in mecha action department. If you want more skating-vertical-tanks-on-skating-vertical-tanks action,these OVAs will satisfy your hunger for that.It also applies to the sequel OVAs(which ruined everything that made tv series ending great and conclusive). Problem is in terms of plot these tend to conflict with the 1st two arc of the tv series. We get the impression that Chirico, the main protagonist was a normal guy who after going to hell i.e. during last years a war going on for 100 years suffers from PTSD and very stoic in nature. Later we come to know that he was a part of an elite squad named "red shoulders" and reason he wants to forget it for terrible things he had done during his missions as a squad member.

During the end of 3rd and the entire 4th arc we witness lots of twists , great secrets and conspiracy which involves Chirico himself.nBut Prequel OVA introduce them at the very beginning. We are introduced to Pailsen - the man behind the Red Shoulders. Later we know his true plan which involves finding someone with rare genes which makes one an "abnormal survivor", to be able to survive no matter how fatal the situation is. We see that Chirico was a stoic even then too, and we see the conflicting story of his childhood. Root of ambition show that as a child his town/village was attacked by a regiment of Scope Dog which has red paint on of it's shoulder. Later in Pailsen files/phantom arc we are shown Pailsen himself in person burning down a lab facility of which Chirico was test subject. In tv-series it was actually a big twist regarding his hidden power but Pailsen files tell us he was aware of the "abnormal survival " thing.

Still, these are not that much problematic. Prequel OVAs don't affect the plot of the tv series.

2)Sequel OVAs(Shinning heresy,Phantom arc,Alone again)

The ending to tv-series was perfect that needed no further addition unless there is a 26 episode anime  at the least, in my opinion.

Why 26 episodes? Well, just see how arcs in the original TV series were are set. Uoodo-Kummen, Sunsa-Quient. Approximately 26 episode with 13 eps for each arc. It works as a pair without which story feels very empty. Or we can simply say we need 26 episodes at max to span out the story and the setting in case of Votoms. Lets add the amounts of episodes of sequel OVAs combined-

• 1.Shinning Heresy - 5 eps
• 2.Phantom Arc-6 episodes
• 3.Alone again - 2 episodes (breaking down 43 minutes into 2 episodes for 21-22 minute each for calculation purpose) 

Total - 13 episode. Just one arc. Now see the breakdown  of each of  these "episodes".

Shinning heresy is essentially "defrosting" of the climax of tv series. We are introduced to situation 30 years later the ending of tv series.  A new foil to Chirico , who happens to be a android-female-super pilot,  another  super soldier prototype. In span of 5 episodes, Chirico gets separated from Fyana and the plot around him are slowly and slowly uncovered. We feast upon some really cool 90's OVA animation involving Scopedogs. Everything goes fine until the last 10 minutes of the last episodes which ultimately ruins the tv series. Well, they might fix it up given ample episodes, right? 

 Phantom Arc - Out of nowhere Chirico's friends i.e. Cocona ,Vanilla and Grandpa Gotho  now aged are discussing something regarding why Chirico left without telling no one. Wait,what happened earlier? Anyway our loveable bunch of misfits decide to celebrate  30th anniversary of their marriage by re-visiting those places where they went on adventures with Chirico. Eventually they end up finding him and we once again go to another "Quient", to finish business once and for all. Seriously give Chirico a break, man. He has suffered already.

But where is that android lady from the shinning heresy? Didn't she start to have "feelings" for Chirico?

Alone Again- In case you are wondering, here is your answer. The title itself gives away the plot, if one guesses a little bit. Also serves as prequel to the beginning of phantom arc.

Things would had been a lot better if had at-least 13 more episodes in order to really flesh out things and to give a better , conclusive ending instead of rushing through these separately produced 3 OVA series

Now,this also brings a minor modification in usual "Watch it in production order" advice given in regards to the animated works in Votoms franchise. Since production-wise Alone Again (2011) comes after Phantom-Arc (2010), I advice you to do the contrary - watch Alone again then Phantom-Arc. This not only gives a straight line of progression but actually saves you from being depressed and feeling an air of inconclusiveness.

3)Side stories(Armored Hunter Mellowlink,Case;Irvine,Votoms Finders)

Side stories are the OVAs which are set in the same universe but dose not involve any character or plot from the tv series. I will touch about them individually.

Armored Hunter Mellowlink- 12 episode long revenge plot involving Mellowlink who is on a mission to take revenge on corrupt officers who framed him after sending him and his comrades on a suicide mission. Most badass thing about this OVA is Mellwlink never rides any mecha but hunts them down by using his wits, an outdated anti-AT rifle and a bit of luck (His balls must be massive). While watching tv series beforehand is not necessary, it amusing to recognize places which were present in the tv series. Plus there is blink-and-miss cameo of Chirico! Worth watching.

Case;Irvine- A 48 minute long OVA tells story of Irvine who in post-war era fights in illegal gladiatorial battles with ATs (called "battling " in the Votoms universe) in the night and runs a mechanic shop during the day. Pretty average OVA, but quite a good entry point for those who are skeptical to invest their time in an old series and want to get the gist of things about VOTOMS. On the other hand, ok for one time watch for the fans.

Votoms Finders(not related to the votoms universe)- Your typical "shonen" story. Main Characters is a "bottomers " (Expect the metaphors  because you are going to see a lot in this one) who scavenge in the bottom (see?) of a valley and dreams of going to the surface. It's relation to Votoms universe is in name only.There is no similarity aesthetic wise either as Mecha looks very differently and quite, "shiny". I would like to see something more of it on it's own, rather than labelled under "Votoms" title. 

In conclusion-

Votoms OVA has been a mixed bag, atleast for me. I really wish that we could had seen more regarding the universe itself  other than Chirico. Video Games, with exception of the Votoms PS2 video game, and light novels like Blue Knight Berserga  seems to deal with a new cast and stories set in that universe(which I am  basing it  on the screenshots I have seen) much of it still in Japanese and without any knowledge of it, I will never know what they are all about. 

Who knows what is being held in future. I do hope we might see new good Votoms materials in coming years.

How did I stopped caring and started loving "Bias" part-3

Onto the conclusion i.e. part 3.

The year long recluse happened around the time when I was witnessing one of the biggest upheaval in my family that went on for year since it is a very dysfunctional family.Yet it was big even for what happened in past.It forced me to deep introspect about my way of thinking, impressions and certain presumptions I had held so far.Unlike the events said in part 1 and part 2,it was rather a gradual process.For now some of my so called "online friends" end any form of conversation or contact  after getting help in some matter (another matter for another post).I had started lurking various websites, soon reddit and 4chan(with addition of 8chan) had now became my daily commute.

For the first time in my life I actually started having genuine interest, whether be it books,video games, anime,manga,graphic novels and movies.I finally understood that rushing to fill a list of things done just to elongate the list makes it worthless.Experiencing and getting your own conclusion it what makes the whole task worthwhile. It was perhaps the most productive period of my life.Eventually,I came across a board on 4chan based around mecha. It sparked my interest into delicate designs of fictional robots.And my search for an actual gateway into the genre and once again tvtropes gave me in the name in it's "needs more love page".And title was "Aoki Ryusei SPT Layzner". Around that time it was still "subbed" by /m/subs. From there began my new journey as a mecha fan.Soon it grew out from anime and manga and started hording mecha related works.Now-a-days I consider myself as a general fan of science fiction.

This self discovery of my preferences led to face-to-dace with a harsh fact that everyone is biased.It is a very natural thing that can't be helped.There are many angles to view things based on size and property of one's spectacles. As fan of niche genre like mecha,I understood quickly.

These days I pursuit things that catch my interest or find it relevant to the things I think about.It is beauty of earth where flora of many colors co-exist.Such diversity is the reason which this place worth living and fighting for.Such diversity is what needed in anime and manga community, so that it dosen't becomes a herd moving to any direction without any individuality or though of it's own.

To sum it up..

How did I stopped caring and started loving "Bias" part-2

 As you, my dear reader know from part-1,one of my random searches on the internet landed me on the  Death Note manga page on a popular manga site of past-Onemanga. Out of curiosity,I click on the pilot chapter and read on.Next day, I read more.In next few days,I became an avid fan of the manga with Light Yagami, the villain protagonist of the story my most favorite character.Finally I had found what I would now say a "scapegoat" whom I look up to.As you can infer,this was going actually in wrong direction.It was just manga,a fiction and over that a crime fiction.And instead of real life persona,I found my motivation in a manipulative smug,because I really wanted to be something more than a sincere pawn who follows all orders(which I had been throughout my life).I wanted to be in control,and I was getting inspiration from wrong place.

The next step I took was to join Death note Fan groups in Orkut, and his is where my encounters with internet debaters and their "wall of text" argument occurs.But the one that had big impact was that fella who posted about plot holes and mockery of the main character.As a zealot,which indicated the zenith of my obsession due to insecurity on real life,I end up posting all sort of thing which you encounter in youtube comments or fanboy forums, anything but coherent argument to counter theirs.

This was like attack on yourself,and felt like being called imbecile. No, I wasn't doing it because I am an "otaku", I just read this stuff and found it to be the rock I will base my new conventions.Stop attacking it,cause you are attacking my new budding conviction itself!!

The truth was I was seeking in wrong place.Since I was never exposed to such things in life before,it aroused me lots of question regarding others behavior and ultimately  led to the question -"Why some of them don't like what I like? ","Why some hate it to the point they want to know the fandom that the thing their little cult is based around is false ?". Consequently it led me to search of more manga, and later anime of more "intellectual " kind to show them off as part of cred in the community,rather than getting into the whole anime and manga for the purpose of enjoyment and as a part of hobby and interest. Perhaps, as a growing teenager,it was part of the "phase" one goes through,searching for the right thing.It become more difficult when you are the only child in the family,far away from urban centers and struck in a rural shithole where every kid has either bullied or never wanted to be your friends despite your good intentions. Add to that my fear of disappointing my parents or making them fall into tension over me,I end up never telling a lot of things that happened out of their sight.

Initially,my random searches were for arguments in favor of my ideas regarding death note.It led me to the that one addictive 7th circle of hell- tvtropes. After getting my tvtropes crack, I stumble upon the one of the really epic anime I have seen, which I still hold to this very day because it is that good-Legend of the Galactic heroes on the "loads and loads of characters" trope-page.At the same it also served as counter to Code Geass- the anime that was compared (but never contrasted) with Death Note. This leads a 2 year long struggle on facebook groups (as by that time,many had abandoned Orkut) to convince people to watch it.Combined with my poor communication skill and my frustrations in life, this lead to 2nd ban. I was still dashed and confused with same question, as I was before.Time had come to take a break,and I took a year long sabbatical from social media. It was also he time where I was struggling with the fact that now I study in a mediocre engineering collage under a mediocre university and family tension had reached the zenith in my lifetime.

It was the time when I truly realize my "interests" , simplify my thoughts and finally - "the bias".

(to be concluded in part 3) 

How did I stopped caring and started loving "Bias" part-1

Due to my limited exposure to opinion of others,it was really a "culture shock" for me when I encountered myriads  of them  in my initials years of stay in the cyberspace.

Prior to that,life used to very simple (for me). Being youngest in the family,it was me who was always ordered around and had to listen the elders.While beneficiary for being a child who all had to do was to follow their order so you remain a "Good Kid" before their eyes, it proved very detrimental in years to come,which eventually caused the downward spiral in which I am struck even at this very  moment I am writing these words (which,some of you kind souls might have read so far).

A bit of a context - this happened around the time when the results of 10th board exams were out.. My score was among the nineties percentage gainers.Time has come for choosing school for higher secondary education since the previous was up to 10th grade only. This was the time where the perception I had in my life for kindergarten to till that point were shattered completely.I needed something to rebuild it,some role-model who will allow me to justify my decisions and action in life.

It was also the time around our house got an internet connection.Elder cousin had already taught the ways of the internet and Orkut- the hot social networking site of the day.Now, I had the power to access it and lurk around aimlessly for get hooked on something. I wasn't a fan of anything ever, so I end up joining the group based around the city near to the rural area I reside. Seeing topics with thousands of comments and members talking to each other like close friends awoken the deep sited yearnings to be like that, and I became a attention seeker. Without having the knowledge of  the common etiquette of introduction and taking part in group chat  ,I end up creating mess just to have some reaction of them toward me,which culminated into my first ever "ban " from the group in the series of two bans that would deeply affect my net-sphere psyche. Apart from that,I was used to search various anime and manga like Naruto or Once Piece as both used to air on Cartoon Network years ago.This combined with exposure to animax during my channel surfing in one of elder cousin's house and an anime t-shirt in one of my 11th grade coaching will lead to one curious search that will be introduction to the world of online (and illegal) manga sites , which will finally distract my attention from studies and finally derail my course thanks to hubris and ignorance. Maybe my mom was right, I shouldn't interact with bad kids and everyone is a bad kid,specially on internet.

(continued  in part-2)

Hello, I am Vertical Tank Guy.

And welcome to my blog where I write whatever have in my mind . Consider it a display of pent up steam blowing off the safety valve of the pressure cooker i.e. my mind.

I have felt like an outcast or a guy being not in right time and right place. I can't help as I cannot force myself liking something everyone is indulged, for example cricket,or popular long running shonen anime or manga. After for online for 8 years,I have came to conclusion it's time to document things as I have felt yet didn't had the guts to  say it thanks to my fear of losing online cred or online friends. But guess what? It was a folly for not being putting honest opinions for such a long time.But now time has come to make the wrong right.

Time has come for me to jump in the foray of  blogsphere.

 Pic source - Armored Trooper Votoms.